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State University is a major residential university
of 16 colleges and schools with 1,440 faculty
serving a student body of 33,000. FSU has a longstanding
reputation as one of the premiere institutions
for the arts in the South. The Kuersteiner and
Housewright buildings accommodate the largest
school of music in the Southeast and the third
largest university-based in the nation. The Florida
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School of Music has over 80 faculty members and
enrolls over 650 undergraduate and 350 graduate
students, representing nearly every state in the
nation and 20 foreign countries. |
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The
School of Music has a history that dates back
to 1900, when music instruction began with only
one teacher of vocal and instrumental music. By
1911, six faculty members made up the total teaching
staff. In that same year, Elle |
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Opperman, for whom Opperman Music Hall is named,
became the director of the school, and the first
bachelor of music was awarded by vote of the faculty.
By 1920, Professor Opperman had become the dean
of the School and served in that capacity until
her retirement in 1944. |
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